Contrarian Outlook

Something very weird is happening with high-yield closed-end funds (CEFs): many of them are ridiculously cheap, despite soaring double-digits this year.(And when I say these are...

ETFs, or exchange-traded funds, are for suckers. There is no reason for any savvy income investor to get wrapped up in this “$3.4-trillion obsession.”Why do I say $3.4 trillion? Because...

Still spinning from Tax Day?You’re not alone: plenty of folks who bagged wins last year are feeling shell-shocked, now that Uncle Sam has walked off with his cut. Let’s face it: it’s...

If you’re watching tech stocks grind higher every day, you’ve probably been just a little tempted to jump in. … or should you wait? After all, the high-flying tech...

Jenny, I can imagine. My wife makes fun of me when I ice my knees after basketball games,” I confided to my friend and favorite bartender.Her husband, no “young chicken” anymore...

If your mattress is a bit heavy on cash these days, you’re probably grinding your teeth every day as the markets tick higher. Should you be in the market? Shouldn’t the market pullback...

There’s a three-word phrase that’s terrifying just about everyone these days. If you take it at face value, it could trick you into making a dangerous mistake with your retirement.It...

A stock’s yield is only as good as its cash flow because, after all, a dividend is nothing more than a promise from a company.CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL) recently reminded us of this. Its promised...

The “yield curve” has inverted—and that could be terrible news for your dividends!But don’t worry: there’s a “pullback-proof” way to keep your income and your...

Oil prices have been locked in a tight range for five years—and I know I don’t have to tell you that this has been a disaster for energy investors.Oil Fails to Launch With the benchmark...

Sometimes investors forget that dividends are funded by actual cash flows.Consider General Electric (NYSE:GE), whose outsized yield tempted investors to mistakenly buy shares in this “blue...

I’m about to show you three potent investing trends that are being drowned out by the media noise. Then we’ll uncover three snubbed funds set to ride these surging trends to big gains...

If you want to diversify, get a strong—and growing—dividend and dodge risky speculation, the SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (NYSE:SDY) may seem like a no-brainer.But buying this fund would be a...

Almost every corner of the market is overpriced today. That includes dividend stocks, which cost too much and yield too little.The S&P 500 is at multi-year highs in almost every valuation metric:...

Don’t be fooled: imitating the picks of famous stock pickers is a road to retirement ruin.I get it: gurus like Warren Buffett, Dan Loeb and Ken Fisher are the cream of the crop. Too bad the big...

At some point, someone probably gave you the following investment “advice”—or some version of it:“All you need to do to make money in stocks is buy a company with a big-name...